Watch: Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison’s Keynote At Convocation

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Former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison gave the keynote address in Clemson University’s opening convocation as the school began its 124th academic year. Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel to space, flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in September 1992.

Prior to joining NASA, Jemison was area Peace Corps medical officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia for two and a half years. A general practice doctor in Los Angeles, Jemison earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering and the requirements for an A.B. degree in African and Afro-American Studies at Stanford University and her M.D. from Cornell University. She currently is leading 100 Year Starship (100YSS) an initiative seed-funded by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency to ensure the capability for human interstellar space travel to another star is possible within the next 100 years.



August 17, 2016 27:46
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